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my new favorite dessert

ok, so those of you who msg me a lot know i love to cook. last night, boredom and curiosity (and pms craving!) got me going on a search for a fairly healthy dessert. here's what i came up with, and other than cals from brown sugar, i think it's pretty darn good for ya

warm up your grill to med-low (towards med) heat (or a pan)

slice a banana (with the skin on) long-wise - so it's sorta like a bowl, with the skin around 3 of the 4 sides, and then the actual banana exposed on the top

top the banana with a little brown sugar (just a tiny bit, enough to coat lightly -- as the banana cooks, a lot of its natural sugars will come out so you don't need a lot)

throw the banana on the grill with the skin side down (banana facing up) and grill until warm and slightly browned

serve with a little bit of FF vanilla yogurt, and i actually also threw fresh berries on top. the trick is getting the banana to carmelize to bring out the natural sugars. they're already in there, so you're not cheating, but when they carmelize, they taste like a real treat.

* i'm sure, if you're taking the day off a little or you've got the extra calorie room, this would be really tasty with a little caramel sauce or a tiny bit of chopped walnuts. anyway, this was really good! i think i saw bobby flay make something like this except it had butter, rum and like 2,000 calories -- so i tweaked it, took out the cream and butter and other stuff and it's still tasty.

add 8 ounces of your frozen fruit of choice (slightly thawed), and mix until blended smoothly. i did mixed berry but i'm sure peach or anything else would be good too. with peaches, since they're so sweet, i'd cut out the white sugar all together and just do brown sugar. anyway, i digress.

add the fruit mixture to your prepared pie crust, once it is finished.

top with the additional 4 ouces of un blended frozen and slightly thawed fruit. chill 3-4 hours, until set. if you like a really firm pie, i'd consider adding a bit of unflavored gelatin to the mixture. this is semi-soft (wobbly but holds its shape)

on a side note, the thing that got me into the idea of trying this is that i'm really into dinner casseroles because they freeze so easily, but pie crusts are so bad for you! i've started using baked lays and plain yogurt to make my dinner casserole pie crusts, and then just mixing the campbells healthy choice cream of chicken (low fat low sodium) with low fat sour cream, veggies and steamed chicken, and baking for awhile, topped with a little low fat cheese. it's good! sorry if these recipes are annoying. i can't do frozen meals, so a big part of this adventure is learning to cook healthily for myself so that i keep this going forever because there is no way i'm gonna eat frozen dinners forever, although i admire the people who can :)

your receipes sound very yummy! will give them a try :) one of my fav treats thats very low cal is: ff yoghurt i.e. strawberry with jelly on top... get a couple of small containers and place the yoghurt in the bottom, then place (already set)jelly on top of the yoghurt... yummo!

I've also heard of this recipe but with the oven. Set the oven to 350 and put the banana in there and let it cook until the outside of the peel is brown. It will look gross, but don't worry! Then take it out and peel back some of the peel and add your brown sugar and whatever else you like. It's good with just the brown sugar since the banana will already be sweet from baking it!

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